Lysander Working to Improve Mental Health and Wellbeing for Victorian Construction Workers

Lysander is thrilled to be working to improve the mental health and wellbeing of the Victorian construction industry.

As a successful recipient of WorkSafe’s WorkWell Mental Health Improvement Fund, Lysander have secured funding to develop an industry first pilot program called ‘An integrated Approach to Wellness’. The program aims to prevent mental injury and illness by changing workplace cultures and practices through working in partnership with key decision makers so that issues are addressed from the top, resulting in long-term systemic change.

The program will be heavily focussed around prevention and will be continually reviewed, tested, measured and refined over an 18-month period to build a robust, evidence-based, impactful framework is in place that will provide a standardised approach for building a culture of positive mental health and wellbeing in organisations.

We’re extremely humbled to be working towards such an important initiative and take great pride in our contribution to creating thriving, safe and mentally healthy environments for the Victorian construction industry.

More information on this initiative can be found within our Partnerships section. 

LYSANDER/ AUSCONTACT PARTNERSHIP DELIVERING AWARD-WINNING LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

Lysander is excited to announce a new partnership with Auscontact, making our industry-recognised, blended leadership programs available to its 6000+ membership.

Fresh off the back of an exceptionally successful, long-term relationship with the RACV Member Service Delivery, we are excited to now launch our tiered leadership development programs to the broader, contact centre industry

Leaders are frequently appointed to roles without valuable development support to equip them to thrive. This can create challenges for the leader, but also for individuals and the organisation. Forward-thinking organisations know that investing in leadership development at all levels results in higher-quality performance, lower attrition, improved engagement amongst leaders and teams and better business outcomes. 

To support contact centres around Australia, our industry-recognised tiered Leadership Development Programs commence in April are will be held in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. They are:

Tier One – High Potential Consultant
The six-month High Potential Consultant Program introduces high-performing consultants to important processes, systems and knowledge needed to successfully act in supervisory roles for brief periods – and more importantly – to build capability in the type and depth of quality conversations they could comfortably have with staff and members.

This is the perfect opportunity to extend the skills and capabilities of high-performing individuals to equip them for future roles and growth. Click here to find out more.

Tier Two – Emerging Leader
The Emerging Leader Program is an eight-month journey underpinned by emotional intelligence and its application to effective leadership. It incorporates powerful 360˚ feedback and intensive work to build awareness and equips learners with strategies and foundational skills around having effective conversations, supporting and building team culture and coaching capability. Leaders walk away with the confidence to tackle important conversations that will shape motivation and behaviour and create better outcomes for customers.

This program prepares new, aspiring or high potential leaders making the step up towards becoming a leader. Click here to find out more.

Tier Three – Transformational Leader
Leading contact centres today is complex given rapid advances in technology, uncertainty in external factors facing into organisations and ambiguous and often conflicting requirements facing leaders. The 18-month Transformational Leader Program builds capabilities as leaders learn to inspire as they lead confidently through change, create a continuous improvement culture, hire the right people and step-up to persuade and influence on important issues impacting the business. Click here to find out more.

Individuals and teams who complete our leadership programs report higher energy and enthusiasm and share a consistent approach to leading organisational growth and change. We have also measured as much as 20 per cent reduction in attrition rates and 25 per cent increase in leadership capability. Every program is supported by robust pre and post measurement diagnostic so we know they’re making an impact.

We look forward to creating powerful experiences for all levels of leadership across many contact centre environments to equip leaders and their teams to be their best and ultimately, to create better customer experiences.

For all enquiries about our blended-learning leadership programs or other services, please contact us.

LYSANDER PARTNERS WITH LAUNCHVIC TO SUPPORT VICTORIAN STARTUPS TO SCALE

Lysander is thrilled to be partnering with LaunchVic in 2020 to help Victoria’s flourishing start-up ecosystem continue to prosper.

Starting this month, we’re rolling out two new leadership development programs specifically designed for alumni from LaunchVic Accelerator programs

Growing with Focus is for leaders who want to build an inclusive, engaged workforce and create a culture where people thrive and have the capabilities to bring organisational strategy to life. This five-month journey focusses on how to attract and retain the right talent, build team cohesion and create a culture that inspires performance that drives sustainable growth.

Leading a Great Scaleup is founded on building leaders’ personal insight and self-awareness into their own leadership style. Using the latest evidence-based approaches to successful leadership, the program develops Transformational Leadership, with an emphasis on building inspirational capability. It is a powerful, four-month journey that equips leaders and founders to lead their scaleup to transform and grow.

For 19 years, Lysander has been developing formidable and aspirational leaders from entrepreneurial scaleups to blue-chip, household-name corporates. Clients who have introduced our programs into their organisations have experienced an increase in leadership capability and business skills in excess of 25 per cent and consistently report tangible increases in engagement, collaboration and ultimately business growth and performance.

Our industry-recognised approach to blended learning employs a ‘flipped classroom’ approach where we build knowledge, introduce important content and relevant models using carefully curated microlearning made available on-line to complete anywhere, anytime. This means that valuable face-to-face work together can be dedicated to deeper exploration of concepts and rich practice so greater mastery is achieved. Further digital learning allows embedding at work to engrain new habits and facilitate behavioural change.

Our experience and successful track in leadership development and cultural transformation record sets up the perfect platform for success in this venture. We’re excited to go on the journey and partner with these scaleups to support their growth and success. 

Thank you to LaunchVic for selecting us to work with your alumni and we look forward to a long and successful partnership together.

You can read more about these programs on our Partnerships section.

Pictured below: Kerrie Adaway - Lysander Director, presenting the Growing with Focus and Leading a Great ScaleUp funded programs at the LaunchVIC event, held at the Victorian Innovation Hub.

Published: 12 February 2020

Lysander Receives Highly Commended Award in 2019 AITD Excellence Awards

The Lysander team was thrilled to receive a Highly Commended award in the Best Blended Learning Program award category in the 2019 Australian Institute of Training and Development (AITD) Excellence Awards earlier this month. Presented at a gala dinner at Melbourne’s Showtime Events Centre, the award recognised the work we’ve done with our client Royal Automotive Club of Victoria (RACV) in designing, developing and implementing a four-tiered leadership program across their Member Service Delivery arm.

It was truly humbling to receive this level of industry recognition and it has been our absolute pleasure to watch this program come to life in RACV’s organisation over the last two years.

Lysander congratulates all nominees, finalists and winners, and thanks AITD for hosting such a wonderful event that recognises outstanding achievement in learning and development and in organisational development.  

Pictured below: Members of the Lysander and RACV Member Service Delivery teams at the 2019 AITD Excellence Awards Gala Dinner.

Published: 30 October 2019

Lysander Chosen as Combined Finalists in 2019 AITD Excellence Awards

Lysander is delighted to be chosen as finalists for two awards in the Australian Institute of Training and Development (AITD) Excellence Awards 2019. These prestigious industry awards recognise outstanding achievement in learning and development and in organisational development.   

As combined finalists, we are recognised in both the Best Leadership Development Program and Best Blended Learning Solution award categories. This achievement comes as result of the work we’ve done with our long-term client Royal Automotive Club of Victoria (RACV), where we designed, developed and implemented a four-tiered leadership program across their Member Service Delivery arm. The fully-blended leadership program combines carefully curated, micro-learning on our digital platform, with high impact, face-to-face workshops that come together into learner journeys – connecting cohorts and delivering tangible results that include long-term behavioural change and demonstrate key business indicators such as reduced absenteeism and increased engagement.

Our dedicated team has worked exceptionally hard on this project and we’re extremely humbled to see our passion, innovation and client-focussed approach recognised at industry level.  

The winners of the awards will be announced on Thursday 17 October at the AITD Gala Dinner at the Showtime Events Centre in Melbourne.

About the Awards

Best Leadership Development Program
This award is presented to an organisation that has implemented a leadership development program to enhance individual or team performance and contribute to positive organisational performance. The entry should demonstrate the development processes/methodologies/modes of the program and how they contribute to the overall measures of success. The program must demonstrate the direct, measurable impact on individual and organisational performance.

Best Blended Learning Solution
This award is presented to an organisation who can demonstrate excellence and impact by utilising a combination of learning delivery mechanisms, methodologies and modes in a new or existing learning initiative. The entry should focus on how the combination of delivery mechanisms, methodologies and modes has been applied to improve the quality of outcomes for learners or improve the overall effectiveness of the learning initiative, rather than the actual mechanisms themselves. Applicants may define success in implementing a blended learning solution around various measures including: outcomes of the learning initiative, uptake, completion rates, reach, innovation, development and delivery efficiencies, and/or impact on learners.

For more information on the 2019 AITD Awards, including other categories, click here >

Published: 26 September 2019